# LPs have been obsolete for such a long time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lps-have-been-obsolete-for-such-a-long-time/959528>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [February 14, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lps-have-been-obsolete-for-such-a-long-time/959528 "2022-02-14T13:56:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lps-have-been-obsolete-for-such-a-long-time/959528/101 "2024-07-20T16:32:11Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> Two Encyclopedias were heavy enough to press a record flat.

Sadly print Encyclopedias are even more obsolete nowadays than LPs

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lps-have-been-obsolete-for-such-a-long-time/959528/102 "2024-07-20T18:46:33Z")

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> [@Jophiel](#):
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> Side B just being blank and a message: “Do Not Play This Side”.

So “Made loud to be played loud.” has become “Made blank to be played, _not_!”

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lps-have-been-obsolete-for-such-a-long-time/959528/103 "2024-07-20T21:54:44Z")

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> [@Jophiel](#):
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> I do own one “novelty” type album in clear plastic with graphics and yadda yadda… the only time anyone is going to see the graphics is if you pin it to the wall.

My first Christmas present after I bought my turntable was Charlie Brown’s Christmas (I told my kid “Thanks. It really IS the only Christmas album.”)  
It came in peppermint swirl vinyl, so I sometimes leave that on the turntable as the “Display Copy”.

> [@aceplace57](#):
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> I had a DiscWasher to clean and antistatic the record.

I found mine from high school! Over 50 years old and the fluid still works!

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lps-have-been-obsolete-for-such-a-long-time/959528/104 "2024-07-20T22:06:00Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> I’ve heard of them shipping with digital files to play, even.

(Sorry for the second notification ping if you have that activated)  
Forgot to mention this last time but I think this is less a sign that you’re not supposed to play/enjoy the vinyl album and more just “We know you might want to listen to this on the go so here’s a digital copy to enjoy our music when NOT parked in your living room”.

After about 2008 or so, it was pretty common for me to get a CD that came with a free digital copy.

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